Preservation Of Capabilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care

lower-cost venues of care more capable that health care becomes affordable, not by expecting large hospitals to charge less. Q: Could you give an example of a technological... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Health

03 Apr 2017
What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

revenue-producing capacity of the worker from $60,000 (a rough figure for the hospitality industry) to $110,000 (a similarly rough figure for “health care and social assistance”). A $30,000 investment in human infrastructure, based on... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction

01 Apr 2019
What Do You Think?

Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?

a confluence of factors that muddy the analysis” such as “the extremely deflationary push of technology,” one that is not measured correctly because of productivity increased... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

for public good is viewed with suspicion—in my view for very good reasons." Yet more than three dozen faculty and doctoral students from a variety of institutions gathered January 30 to give the idea serious consideration during the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks

inventory, what capabilities each player brings to the table, and so forth. Raman: Our discussion of technology advancements, of course, must include the enhanced ability to... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

06 May 2002
Research & Ideas

A Toolkit for Customer Innovation

debugged. These save customers from having to reinvent the wheel. Instead, people can focus their efforts on the truly novel elements of their design. Fourth, tool kits must contain information about the View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

capabilities set a favorable foundation for the economic growth miracle the country experienced after World War II. If history is any guide, Japan should make a full recovery from the devastating effects of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

23 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

Working PapersSecuring Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract Read the news of recent computer security guffaws, and it's striking how many problems stem from online... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf

Why are so many businesses—though seemingly intent on fostering innovation—unable to get new products through their organizations and into the marketplace? Ed Ludwig faced such circumstances as the new president of New Jersey-based Becton... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat & Derek Schrader

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

costs and profit margins; initial sales also influence the venture's trajectory of organizational skills because firms develop capabilities and routines in interactions with customers. There is also an... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

Women-owned businesses are just as financially strong and creditworthy as the average U.S. firm, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Women's Business Research. Yet women struggle more than men to acquire equity capital. Why? According to a 1999 survey,... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

When the COVID-19 virus spread worldwide and normal life ground to a halt last year, we thought voluntary employee turnover would drop as well. But the opposite happened in one area: Lift outs—a group of workers who defect... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

reputations, and capabilities of big firms. Many organizations were already employing virtual hiring tools in some form as a way to reach a broader candidate pool in a cost-effective way. According to a... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

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